Chapter 8: The Supreme Etiquette

Just entered the imperial capital, the three girls felt that the atmosphere around them was a little abnormal with the natural sensitivity of girls, although the city was prosperous, but it always gave people a faint feeling of depression. People who live in the city may not feel this kind of feeling, but Yun Na, who has just entered the city after having a good time in the wilderness, can faintly feel this kind of oppression that is not suitable for people to detect. Yun Na looked back at Xue Yueji suspiciously, but found that Xue Yueji's face had a rare solemnity. Yun Na asked in a low voice:

"Wood, what did you find? Is there anything unusual here?"

Xue Yueji said with some solemnity:

"In an imperial capital, no matter how heavily guarded, it is impossible for even masters of the level of swordsman and shadow assassin to patrol the streets. My non-capital can probably cover about one-tenth of this imperial capital, and there are more than 160 quasi-saints in this area alone, of which more than 140 are patrolling. Moreover, there are more than 600 patrol squads in this area, and each team has three to five Great Swordsman level figures. You can imagine that this is only the periphery, and how many masters will patrol in the center? Is the Qin State strong? But it is impossible for Xianyang City to patrol with so many masters. What's more, they don't have as many masters as the Qin State. ”

Xue Yueji hesitated for a moment and continued:

"Moreover, you know my strength, even if the old man is captured by me once, he can't escape my tracking. After the tempering of the 'Dream Red Dust', I can already control the wind within a radius of thirty miles, and it is impossible for a junior and intermediate saint to escape my reconnaissance at all. But I haven't found a single master of the Holy Throne in my current scope. You must know that in such a big city, there must be masters guarding it, and there should be many masters. What's more, this is still the imperial capital, and in order to ensure the safety of the emperor, there will definitely be no shortage of masters. But the fact now is that I can't find a decent master here. This is not normal. An emperor doesn't even have a decent master by his side, and that's not what should happen. ”

Yun Na nodded in agreement, looked around vigilantly, and asked in a low voice:

"Wood, what the hell do you say is going on here, how come there isn't even a Holy Rank Master?"

Xue Yueji shook her head solemnly and said:

"I don't know, a place like the imperial capital is mixed, it's not a good place to stay, if something big doesn't happen, the masters in the imperial capital won't be sent outside. The reason why a master like the old man was sent out was because there was a sea clan who needed someone to deter him. God-level masters generally don't make a move, so a top-level sword master with rich command experience is enough to deter the Sea Clan. It must not be a trivial matter to be able to send out so many masters. You see, we guess someone will be inviting us soon. Ah, here they are. ”

Yun Na looked around, but there was not much change in the surroundings and just now, and no special people appeared. Yun Na looked back at Xue Yueji and said dissatisfiedly:

"Wood deceives! Where do you see anyone?"

Snow Moon Scar glanced up at the end of the street and said:

"Of course you can't see it, they're on their way right now. Now a total of three groups of people are rushing here, the first group should be the messenger of the Celestial Dragon Emperor, the second group should be the servants of the Grand Duke's Palace, and the third group will actually be the army, and it is the elite of the battle. And don't you notice that the more we look into the city, the fewer people around?"

Yun Na looked around and recalled carefully before nodding, it was true that there were even a lot fewer people around them than when they first entered the city just now. This is the main street, which should be very busy in this location, but there are fewer pedestrians than just now, which is not a normal phenomenon. Hailan and Hai Rou next to them obviously noticed this, and vigilantly urged their mounts to get closer to Snow Moon Scars. Gradually, there were fewer and fewer pedestrians on the street, and finally there was no one left, and although the shops on the street were still open, there was no one inside. The corners of Xue Yueji's mouth moved slightly, and he said:

"It's coming, it's coming soon. ”

As soon as Xue Yueji's words fell, he saw a team of knights in full costume walking out of the corner of the street, and saw the knights Hailan and Hai Rou who were slowly approaching, and breathed a sigh of relief. The knights of the Royal Knights are still very familiar with them, especially the knight captains who lead the team, which of those knights of the Royal Knights has not been tricked by Hailan? Not to mention that the knights who came this time are the deputy heads of the Royal Knights, Oran Casaote, even if they don't know others, the deputy heads of the Royal Knights, the two princesses always have to know each other. One of the few female knights in the Royal Knights, the fourth master of the Royal Knights, if she didn't even know her, it would be a big trouble. Oran Casot drew his sword from his waist and saluted Hyland and Hayen and said respectfully:

"Oran Casriot, the third deputy head of the Royal Knights, was ordered by the Emperor to bring the sixth squadron of the Royal Knights to greet the two princesses, His Excellency the White Tiger Sword Saint, Miss Yunna. Please come with me to the palace to meet the Emperor. ”

Yun Na, Hailan and Hai Rou turned their heads to look at Xue Yueji at the same time, in more than two months, Hailan and Hai Rou have developed the same habit as Yun Na, usually talking and laughing with Xue Yueji, and can even joke with him, but when encountering any decision-making things, they unconditionally obey Xue Yueji's arrangement. Of course, the two of them didn't have the courage of Yun Na, so they added fuel to the fire and slapped Xue Yueji when they were the most angry. There is really no one in the world to do this except Yun Na now.

Xue Yueji glanced at Orlan Casaote and said coldly:

"I seem to have asked the old man to bring me over, I have no interest in meeting your Emperor, and I am not interested in serving your empire. My job is to help your Grand Duke of Peron send these two girls to the Imperial Academy of the Celestial Dragon Empire, and I don't need to do anything else. I can see your current behavior as hindering me from doing my job, or as a provocation to me. I think deep for senior officers, you should know what the consequences of provoking me are. Get out of the way, these two girls won't have anything to do with me when they get to the Imperial Academy, even if you want to kill them, it won't have anything to do with me. But now you have to get out of the way. ”

The atmosphere suddenly became tense because of Xue Yueji's words, and the smell of gunpowder, as long as there was a little bad friction, it would lead to a bloody storm. Orlan Casot clenched his sword tightly, his body trembling slightly, and his face turned blue with anger. What is the Royal Knights? The direct legion of the Emperor of the Heavenly Dragon, who can enter the Royal Knights is not a warrior who has crawled out of the pile of dead people after a hundred battles, and being able to enter the Royal Knights is the greatest wish for the knights of the Heavenly Dragon Empire, and it is an absolute affirmation of your strength and bravery. Looking at the entire Royal Knights, there is no one whose strength is lower than that of the Great Knight, and the characters at the level of the squadron leader are all at the level of the Knight Captain, and they can be a Legion Commander in the second-rate legions.

However, despite being very angry, Orlan Casot still very knowingly chose not to go against Snow Moon Scarf. After the reorganization, the Sixth Legion of the Celestial Dragon Empire, which was personally commanded by the Grand Duke of Belon, rushed and killed like entering a no-man's land, and finally successfully kicked down the battle banner under the protection of the layers of enchantments under the personal obstruction of the Grand Duke of Belon, and this alone Snow Moon Scar was not something she could provoke. What's more, what Snow Moon Scar and Yun Na were riding was not an ordinary mount, but a light holy beast light pattern holy white tiger at the advanced saint rank level. In the current imperial capital of the Heavenly Dragon Empire, a single snow moon mark can be said to be invincible, if you add a white tiger. It's not much worse if the emperor doesn't rebuild.

Oran Casult urged her mount to get out of the way, and gave the order to her deep knights to get out of the way, and the six hundred knights of the Royal Knights who had come with her reluctantly split into two columns and dodged to the sides, making way for the Snow Moon Scarre. Although reluctant, the neat movements and the execution of orders seemed to show how strict the training of these knights usually was. Xue Yueji nodded slightly, and a faint murderous aura diffused from his body, but although Xue Yueji released his murderous aura, there was no killing intent in these murderous aura. The murderous aura tempered on the battlefield of the Golden Iron Horse was not only to show the six hundred knights of the Royal Knights the former identity of Snow Moon Scar, but also to convey Snow Moon Scar's respect for them.

After feeling the murderous aura of Snow Moon Scar, all the knights, including Orlan Casiot, immediately respected Snow Moon Scar, and at the same time drew their swords to give Snow Moon Scar the highest courtesy, even several princes and princesses of the Heavenly Dragon Emperor had never accepted such high courtesy from these knights of the Royal Knights. Hailan and Hai Rou may not be able to tell the difference between the murderous aura of Snow Moon Scar and the murderous aura of other people, but these knight customers who have really come out of the battlefield can clearly distinguish the faint difference between the murderous aura tempered on the battlefield and the murderous aura of ordinary people. At most, the murderous aura of ordinary people only carries a chill, but the murderous aura tempered on the battlefield not only carries a chill, but also has the momentum of thousands of troops and a certain commanding power. It's common for people like them to release murderous aura, but it's not something they can do to release murderous aura so easily and control it so well. What kind of terrifying number would it be to be able to temper such a strong murderous aura on the battlefield and die in the hands of Snow Moon Scar, and Snow Moon Scar still walked down the battlefield alive. Although Xue Yueji is not a warrior of the Celestial Dragon Empire, in the face of this kind of absolute heroic, whoever is a warrior will show him sincere respect, even if he will become your opponent one day.

Xue Yueji picked up Yun Na and put it on the ground, and the faint Sui Yun Na said:

"I'll grieve you first, but the etiquette of a warrior is not something you can easily bear. ”

Yun Na nodded in understanding and retreated to the back, Xue Yueji tidied up her clothes, took out a high-quality knight's spear from the space bracer, and gently knocked her legs on the white tiger's ribs, and the white tiger immediately swept away the lazy state, and stepped into the way of the knights with vigorous steps. Hailan and Hai Rou got down from their Lan Ling unicorn and led the Lan Ling unicorn and Yun Na to follow the white tiger from a distance, looking at the knights on both sides of the road in surprise. Whenever Snow Moon Scar passed by, the two knights he had just passed by would solemnly insert their swords back into the scabbard, and then look at Snow Moon Scar with reverence.

Hailan and Hai Rou had never seen the knights of the Royal Order use such high courtesy, even in the face of the inspection of the Heavenly Dragon Emperor. It is said that the last time they used such high etiquette was nearly forty years ago. That time, it was Hailan's grandfather, Grand Duke Beron, who led the Sixth Legion of the Celestial Dragon Empire at that time to face the Yunlong Empire, the Duchy of Ayers, the Naxava Federation and the Macchiak Empire, a total of six main legions, and held on for fifteen days, together with the reinforcements that came to defeat the Four Nations Alliance, after the Grand Duke of Peron led the remnants of the Sixth Legion of the Celestial Dragon Empire to the imperial capital to be rewarded by the Celestial Dragon Emperor at that time, the knights of the Royal Knights spontaneously lined up on both sides of the city gate and greeted them with this etiquette. At that time, many of the soldiers of the Sixth Legion of the Heavenly Dragon Empire, who were the only remaining fruits, have now become generals who command thousands of armies, and other injured and disabled people have also been given large fiefs in their fiefdoms, and they will live a quiet life in their fiefs. It was also because of the most noble and ceremonial greetings of the knights of the Royal Knights that he established his unshakable lofty position in the hearts of the people of the Celestial Dragon Empire.

Who would have thought that after more than thirty years, the knights of the Royal Knights would once again spontaneously use this highest courtesy, and this time it was not the soldiers of the Celestial Dragon Empire that they admired, but a young man who looked no more than twenty years old who was not willing to serve the Celestial Dragon Empire at all, and had threatened them with words just now. Although it sounds a bit fantastical, being able to gain the respect of the knights of the Royal Knights, who have walked down on the battlefield of blood and fire, also affirms the courage and fearlessness of Snow Moon Scar on the battlefield in another aspect.

After passing by the last two knights, the white tiger turned sideways in the middle of the road, and after Xue Yueji waited for Yun Na and them to reach behind him, he bowed slightly to the knights of the Royal Knights with one hand, and said calmly:

"As a warrior, I thank you for giving me such a high opinion, and in return for your respect for me, I will go with you to meet your Emperor, but only after I send your two princesses to the Imperial Academy. As for whether the two of them are willing to accompany them, it is their question. ”

Oran Casot urged his mount to a place about five meters away from Snow Moon Scar, stopped and said respectfully to Snow Moon Scar:

"Thank you for agreeing to follow us to our Emperor, but can you answer me a few questions?"

Xue Yueji nodded lightly and acquiesced to Orlan Casot's request, and Oran Cassote asked respectfully:

"May I ask what your record is so far, what is the rank of your enemy, what is your title, and why is there not a trace of blood and murder on the spear in your hand?"

Xue Yueji thought for a moment and replied:

"I don't remember the exact number, but so far I have killed at least 90,000 soldiers. My enemies are the best of the best, and many of them are of your level or even higher than yours. The armies I'm dealing with are one or two levels lower than yours, but at least ten times as many. My title is Da Liang Zao, also called Da Shang Zao, which is roughly equivalent to a third-class earl. Among the slave-born people in our area, there are only a few hundred people of my level who can achieve great goodness, so it can be said that I am already at the peak. As for why you said that my spear was not bloody and murderous, it is very easy to answer, because it is not my weapon at all. My weapon was lost when I came. In the face of your highest courtesy, it would be disrespectful for you not to carry weapons, so I used it instead. Also, I need to be clear that I am not a Sword Saint yet, and I have not reached the Holy Rank at all. I am now in the quasi-sainthood stage like you. My strength mainly comes from my talent and the accumulation of time far beyond ordinary people, and I belong to the type that has no realm but has super strength. ”

Snow Moon Scarred's candid answer made these knights of the Royal Order respect him even more. Although they were surprised that Snow Moon Scar did not have the realm of a holy position but had the strength of a high-level holy position, the other answers were still expected by them. Orlan Casot bowed slightly to Snow Moon and said:

"Thank you for your honesty, and we will await your arrival outside the Imperial Snow Moon Scarre. If one day we are unfortunate enough to meet you on the opposite side of the battlefield with you, I hope that your Excellency can still treat us as openly as you do today, and you can kill us with all your might. ”

After saying that, Oran Casot and the knights of the Royal Order departed. Xue Yueji leaned over and hugged Yun Na on the back of the white tiger, and turned her head to see Hailan and Hai Rou who were looking at him with reverence, Xue Yueji said to Yun Na lightly:

"You should understand by now how important the army is in the minds of soldiers. Gaining the respect of others does not depend on what kind of army you command, but on whether your command is appropriate, and whether your behavior can be respected by your subordinates and even your opponents. A flock of sheep led by a fierce lion is always more dangerous than a flock of lions led by a weak sheep. They know how to respect their supposed enemies, so they have my respect. If I did meet them on the battlefield one day, I would not hesitate to kill them with all my might, and they would do the same to me. It is a great shame for a warrior to kill his enemies if they do not even use all their strength. Hope you remember that. If one day you lead the Legion into battle, please respect your opponent. Even in the next moment he was going to die. ”

Hailan nodded dumbly, rode on the Lan Ling unicorn and followed behind Xue Yueji, thinking quietly, the shock to her today was too great, and she needed to sort out her thoughts.